BASKETBALL SEASONNNNNN

the other night was nba 2009 tip off. WHAT UP. there's just been way too much baseball lately and i'm so ready for this. i seriously love so many of these new fellas this year (besides blake griffin) and i know it's gonna be a freakin awesome season.

cavaliers and celtics--WASSUP KEVIN GARNETT. so excited he's back and i don't have to see big baby running around the court. it was so good to see the old guys back. but like, i don't really get what's goin on with the new ones on the team--not rasheed but there was definitely a guy who had dreads, pigtailed and braided with a sweatband on. i dont know, that seems a little od to me. anyyyway, celtics are goin on with a start bein the cavs. seriously, shaq is not doing much for that team at all, but i could have told you that when they first wanted him. have fun with that one.

the lakers also played the clippers that night. THANK GOD BLAKE WAS ON THE BENCH BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE VOMITED IF I SAW KOBE WITH A RING AND BLAKE. so first of all, Lord knows i wasn't about to watch this game, but i did see the lakers' new jackets. awesome. let me tell you, it's got all these stars on the back that are supposed to like, tell people that they're good? then theres someone who looks like that to the right. wearing a ring that looks like this. talk about a stupid freakin ring, man. too bad it's not gonna happen AGAIN.

in other, and better news, the magic are making me happy. i'm liking vince carter there for sure, he is the mannnnnn. but shardy needs to come back like, asap cause i miss him. and, stan is freakin awesome. back in the suit and shirt, gettin techs and all that. man, i missed basketball.

GOOD LUCK TONIGHT DERRICK AND FEEL BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3










watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkRk9SQ5q88

to kobe, love, the magic....and me

The Outcome

needless to say, i'm pretty disappointed.

Post SeasOOOONNNNN

man, i completely flunked on making any sort of playoff predictions on here. but i can say that i wouldn't have been right. obviously, i was figuring that it would be the Cavs and the Lakers in the Finals. and i really didn't even know that the Magic were that good of a team. but watching LeBron James throughout the playoffs i figured that no one could stop him at all. but then i realized that it's not that anyone needs to stop him because he's basically doing everything for his team, so eventually he's going to run out of whatever it is that he's running on. the Magic pretty much proved that there isn't a player on there team that they don't need, and the Cavs proved something like the opposite. and i think, as far as beating the Lakers, the Magic will be able to do it.
I was pulling for the Nuggets so hard (so much that i don't even care how bad that sentence sounds). but i really thought that it was time for them. i mean, there were a few games and things that happened that i was like, mannnnnn you're not going to beat them that way. unless JR Smith was Smitty, he was just hurling up shots from three point land. Carmello Anthony is a good dude, and after a season of hating Birdman, i was into him in this series. but as most people predicted, the Lakers won. but i'm pretty sure that they lost to the magic when they played them in the regular season. Dwight Howard is too big and too fast not only for Pau Gasol, but certainly for Andrew Bynam. i don't know who the Lakers think is going to guard Turkalo. and Pietrus did a tight job on LeBron James, so Kobe Bryant won't be too much trouble.
Things to watch for in the Finals (especially if you don't even care about basketball, but are forced to watch these games for one reason or another):
-Stan Van Gundy's Huddles
-the amount of times that Kobe Bryant gets pissed off about a call
-whether or not Rafer Alston is going to kiss a ref in the head
-Dwight Howard's pre-introduction garbage ball tossing
-what kind of out-of-place celebs are at the Lakers home games
-how weird looking the Lakers guards are

so, Charles Barkley was the only one to say it, but i'm going to agree with him: Magic in 7.

STAN MY MAN

okay, so all my predictions didn't come true for the playoffs. but i'm not even really feeling bad about it. this years playoffs were really, really crazy close for the most part. i mean, in the east it started from the first round of the bulls and the celtics.

but i guess this should start with the cleveland and orlando, because that was surprising to pretty much everyone. but, this match up made me really, really love the magic (and stan van gundy) and not dig the cavs so much (but still lebron). cause here's the thing: lebron james is THE. MAN. i don't even care what people say, he is. this dude is wild and does things that are not natural at all. but his team is annoying in the fact that they don't do anything and it is just lebron james vs the orlando magic, and that's not cool. so even though i thought that it was the cavs year, when this series actually started, i was rooting for the magic everytime. i love love love stan van gundy. he is the funniest thing, ever. a discheveld mess on the sideline yellllllllling, out of breath and with the shortest suit sleeves. rafer alston is so freakin small and cute, rashard is the mannnn. d-wight has the shoulders of a champion, MIKAEL PIETRUS IS WHATS UP and hes not even wearing kobe's shoes, so you know i like him. and courtney lee is my orlando boyfriend. anyway, i am all about the magic this year, so let's see if charles barkley and i can make it happen.

i called the lakers being in the finals, but whatever. you know, the nuggets really deserved to win that game and the series. how crazy would that be if it was orlando and denver? since this matchup i am in love with chauncy and carmelo. kenyon martin does mad work, and i'll even say i like birdman. that's saying something. and you know, the nuggets definitely had the ability to beat the lakers, and that's really true, even more so when SMITTY emerges. hahhaha, smitty is awesome. they have an aweosme team and they were so freaking close that it bothered me. and every single player on the lakers is a complete mess. you already know how i feel about kobe, but we got derek fisher being small and clay-like, got pau gasol looking hairy and like he just flopped out of the water as some kind of guppie or something, lamar odom can stop eating candy and also stop looking like squidword....i mean, it's bad how fug they are. i got names for all of them.

FINALS TONIGHT, my life comes back. im going with charles barkley on this: ORLANDO MAGIC IN SEVEN. CALL IT AND COUNT IT, STAN VAN GUNDY GOT IT!

Playoff Prediction

got my predictions lined up for you

WEST
1. Lakers and Jazz: um, obviously i hate the lakers, a lot. so, i want the jazz to take this one, but i'm saying that the lakers have this match up...unfortunately.
2.Nuggets and Hornets: i am not really that interested in this too much. i mean, i am, but not really about who wins--i could go either way, personally. chris paul is kinda the man, but so is carmello. but for the end result, i'm going with denver.
3.Spurs and Mavericks: ew...horrible match-up. mavericks need to take this. i can't stand tim duncan.
4. Blazers and Rockets:yao ming is just too much and the rockets have gotten real dumb over time. i'm calling the blazers making a come back--i hope so at least.

EAST
1. Cavs and Pistons: Lord knows the Cavs got this serious 4-0
2.Celts and Bulls:YEAHHHHH ROOKIE OF THE YEAR DERRICK ROSE! i'm proud of my man and his team hangin in there as much as they are and they'll probably win another game, but my celtic playas have this one.
3.Magic and Sixers:D-WIGHT, please. i think orlando can do it.
4. Hawks and Heat: dwade needs to step it up, cause i'm callin the heat to take this one.

WEST
i'm callin the Lakers and Denver in the semi-finals this year. Unfortunately, i'm thinkin that it is unlikely the nuggets will take it all and go to the finals, so i think it's going to be another year with LA in the finals.

EAST
mad good teams in the east and a lot of players that i like. but, obviously the cavs are in the semi-finals easy, and i'm callin that they beat the heat to get it. Boston will beat Orlando and play the Cavs for a spot in the finals buttttttttt, as much as i love the celtics (just not stephon), lebron and mo williams are going to beat them. but it will be okay , PAUL!

2009 FINALS: CAVILERS vs LAKERS and cleveland is taking it all, and i will love every second. i hope the whole series ends with kobe's missed buzzer beater. wait until you see all this come true...

Celtic Fried

Emily's not going to post this, so i may as well do it.
the Celtics played the Cavaliers Sunday evening, and we were both expecting it to be a close run, you know, it being the 1 and 2 spot teams in the East and all. however, the Celtics got rumbled. it wasn't even that close at all, at any point during the game. now, the Celtics still don't have Kevin Garnett and that's something of note, but i think that the problem lies elsewhere: in the people that they have recently picked up before the trade deadline.
Stephon Marbury is playing like straight up crud. i mean, maybe it's the fact that he hasn't really played in some time, and more so had to buy tickets to his own team's games, but even if that is his excuse what are the returning NBA champions doing getting someone with a nasty star tat on their head?
maybe their hoping for a repeat of these good ol days, but c'mon, i don't see Larry Johnson and Alonzo Mourning getting back together.
another great pick is the lanky rastafarian, Mikki Moore. he just ain't right. plus, that kind of looks like a girl's name.
i mean, hopefully having Garnett back for the playoffs will make a difference or something, because it'd be a shame to see the Celtics go to a team like, i don't know, the Pacers.
but LeBron James is unreal.

kobe and shaq being teammates?.....i don't ever want to see that again

ALL STAR WEEKEND

so saturday night included one full of little elementary school type games for some skilled players. there were two that i was excited about--the skills challenge and of course, the slam dunk contest. D-Baby was involved in the skills one so Lord knows i was watching that. as close as possible, too. Other participants were Devin Harris, Mo Williams (John Legend) and TONY PARKER (trying to defend his title?). I mean, i like dev and mo but there was no way i wasn't going to cheer for derrick. okay, so apparently this little pug--i mean, tony parker, won last year or the year before. THIS DUDE TOOK FIFTY SECONDS TO FINISH. that's ridiculously slow. i mean, he attempted about twenty shots from the foul line. what an idiot. anyway, it ended up being between devin and derrick--D-Baby did every pass and shot on the first try and ended with an awesome dunk. i was lovin this dude, od...still am.
slam dunk--this was a little ridiculous. let me just say that i am most definitely a dwight howard fan and he should have won last year with that superman outfit--but really, a ten on the first dunk? that was too much. it was not too much, however, when the speakers made fun of pau gasol--thank God someone realized this dude sucks at things. but i do think that rudy deserved more credit then given, but nate did some crazy moves for such a little man.

but what i was looking forward to was the all-star game on sunday night. i was so incredibly pumped for the east roster--you really can't get too much better than that. Dwayde, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Kev Garnett, Paul-boy, RayRay, Devin Harris, Mo Williams...you get the point. ALL THIS against the freakin west (sorry Brandon Roy and Carlton and Stoudamire because i like you guys). west included the worst starters on the planet: kobe, yao ming?, TIM DUNCAN??, shaq (lookin like a full out idiot dancing like that), tony parker. i mean, really, this sounds like there is no question that the east would KILL it. and, they started out doing just that, but ended up being the victims. like, they lost by way too many points to a full out crappy team.

even though they lost, dwayde did maaaad work as always, that guy is small, but powerful. dwight rebounded like a madman with extremely large shoulders, PAUL BOY was makin things happen! this guy was freakin gettin and-ones all over the place. love love that dude. and you know, lebron was pullin out some tricks and devin harris held his own, too. so like, good work fellas, i dont know how you lost.
some other things i noticed during the game: shaq is a loser and i can't stand him anymore. he doesn't realize that he looks like an idiot when he dances with the jabbawockeez, or when he looks like a straight up aladdin genie. you're no ones best friend, dude...not even kobe's anymore. speaking of kobe, he almost fell while trying to show off his dunk. and i wish he would have, good Lord. i also noticed that tony parker is a pug, and a slow guy, so i don't understand why he was making points during the game.

next year, east is going to win...i know it. im tryin to go to it, too...and sit next to derrick rose, cause you KNOW he's going to be making a big appearance there next time.

Pink Hankie

so yeah, this weekend was the all-star stuff. which is pretty fun, i haven't watched any of this stuff in a really long time. the last all-star game i actually saw was two years ago or something and i didn't know who anyone was anymore, but one of the sides was whopping the other side. anyway, i was pretty much really interested to see how this stuff would pan out.
on saturday night they had some specials. there was this one event which featured a current team member, an old team member and a member of the WNBA version of the team. they had to make all of these different shots in a time span of two minutes, and one of them was a half-court heave. i was sort of going for the pheonix line-up because it featured Old But Nasty Dan Marjele. there were only four teams i think that were in on this, but it went to the detroit team featuring Bill Lambier! man, haven't thought about this guy in a while:
so old Lamb took care of that one. they also had a skills challenge happen, and Derrick Rose was involved, so i'll let Emily take the lead there.
The 3-Point contest was aright. i wasn't too familiar with anyone in it. but i knew i didn't want the guy who had one two years in a row to win again. and he didn't, so that was good.
the slam dunk contest was what i was pretty interested in seeing. you know, it's flashy and classic. but for some reason, i was sort of under impressed with it all. in former years, they got really creative while they were in the air, like Dominique Wilkins, Cedric Ceballos, Vince Carter and of course Mike Jordan. but now it's just like, who can get an alley oop from a non traditional place? or who can do a normal dunk with a cape on? i dont' know, i like Dwight Howard, but i feel like he could do something really wild, and he's not doing really cool stuff, just like, "showy" types. i'm into the Trailblazers, and Rudy Fernandez was somehow in the contest and i feel like he got straight shafted. his first dunk was pretty wild, and didn't get him many points from the judges table. and then he made a bad choice of having Pau Gasol toss him an alley for the second one. and that guy was screwing him up. he took the entire two minutes to get the pass right, and then he finally got it, and the dunk was pretty nice, but again, no one cared about him. i'm glad that Nate Robinson won, though. first of all because it's nearly impossible that he can dunk in the first place, but also because Dwight Howard didn't deserve it this year. he tried for a foul liner, but he had a foot ahead, and it was boring. so, there's that.

(not from this year, but wild none the less)

the game itself was today. and i felt like the east were going to take it away. at least as far as starting line-ups were concerned, the east had it. from what i saw of the game, it was looking pretty close, but apparently the west went wild (wild) and won by 30 or so. i don't know how that really happened, unfortunately i read that it was mainly Shaq and Kobe Bryant. but Chris Webber said something pretty good when being asked "How do you feel about Shaq and Kobe being teammates for the first time since June 2004?" he answered by saying "I never wanted to see that again." true, C Webb.
so this was my first entry in a long time. but i don't have access to TNT here in my apartment, so i can't really get ahold of the games. that bulls thing took a lot out of me, but if i form some more opinions or comparisons about something, i'll do that of course. but Emily should be updating about this soon, so there'll be that to look forawrd to.

and you're wearing the gayest mink

okay, so for some reason i have a real problem with some of the players in the nba. some of them just shouldn't be on the court and i just don't get a good vibe from these guys. i narrowed down my list to ten players, who i think really need to get out:

10. YAO MING-you are only playing in the league because you are over seven feet tall. what do you really do out there? you stand under the freaking basket and jump a mere one inch to reach your hand into the net and drop two points. that's really hard. there's really no need for you, and i don't know why you made the all-star team this year.

9. TONY PARKER- this tim duncan wannabe is just gross. first off, you're on the spurs WITH time duncan. second, you are FRIENDS with tim duncan. but, you are on this list for being a bad version of an already bad player. there really does not need to be space for you on the list of players.

8. NENE- nene? just nene. what is that about? and this guy is from brazil...i'm pretty sure that brazil has last names too...or first ones. but i mean, i don't get this guy at all.

7. JOSE BAREA-lord sithwell has made the list. this guy is the most annoying thing to ever run on a basketball court. he looks like he should be wearing a wizard hat and a robe like mickey in freakin fantasia. he does nothing but annoy other players. and me.

6. JORDAN FARMAR- okay, so this is pretty much barea's brother because they look alike. farmar is just dumb...nothing good comes out of him. he should just get out.

5. ANDERSON VAREJO-where should i start with this dude? there is so much wrong with him...he's got a real crush on lebron james and im sure is his number one fan (butt taps all around), he runs like an idiot, his knees, his hair, his socks....etc etc

4. PAU GASOL- oh. my. goodness. this player is a straight up mess. straight up looks like a guppy fresh out of water, but, when he does something he thinks is cool he shouts his name loud and pounds his chest. cool. you're trying to be king kong, or like, kobe's sidekick robin. heres a hint: robin wears a cape and doesn't play basketball.

3. TIM DUNCAN- yessss, tim duncan. an idiot. again, i'm not sure how to describe my dislike for this guy. there's really not much, i just think that he is mad corny and like, is not even good.

2. JASON KIDD-congrats, you're the second worst person in the nba. he looks like he should be part of the wax museum becuase he doesn't look like a real person at all. he takes all these shots because he thinks he's awesome but he doesn't know that he's not........and sorry, but your kid has a large head.

1.KOBE BRYANT-honestly the worst person ever. i hope that i remember all the reasons why this guy is my least favorite person playing basketball....and on earth. i'll start with the superficial looks. he's ugly...his eyebrows are mad small, his nose is pointy and ears are small. alll that on one face ain't good--might wanna grow some hair again kob becuase you are NOT michael jordan, i don't know if you know that yet. second, this guy has got the biggest ego i have ever seen in my life. could you take some more shots even though there's an open teammate? no. i bet you this guy has only three assists in his entire career. AWESOME. you would (and maybe should) be on your own team so that no one else has to deal with you. i wish i could tell you how many times he tries to get the buzzer beater winning shot....and even more how many times he fails at that. if i were a teammate of kobe bryant's i might retire no matter how old i am because i can't deal. his expressions are too much, and really stupid for that matter. when he messes up he acts like it was someone else's fault but it's like, no dude, that was you because you suck. you do not deserve mvp, you do not deserve to be as popular as you are....but just know it's because people don't know who else to like. not a compliment. i haaaaaaate you.

that's the top ten worst people in the nba...there are others that were in the running, but not everyone could make it onto this vip list.

Big Baby....plopper

last night there was a real good collection of games on television channels i can watch...sixers and the blazers; celtics and the nets; and in high hopes of some more walt, the knicks and wizards.

i had a bet going on the philly/portland game--against the sixers, of course. this one, was a mess in every sense of the word. i don't know what was going on this time with the blazers, but they were trailllllllin the whole time! maybe it was the scary rabbit running around dressed in a 76ers jersey. but for some reason, the sixers would not stop scoring in the first half. forreal, andre miller (adam sandler), lou williams, andre igoldata(whatever it is)....no thanks, fella. no need to show off for me, because i won't like you ever. there's really not to much to say about this...except maybe that they closed the losing gap from like, 23 down to 8 for about ten minutes... and then it was back to 18 points down. final score: Portland 79, Philadelphia 100. REAL COOL.

the nets have been moving up on my list of teams i like...i don't know if its that i saw them, or that i've just been watching more of their games because i get their specialty channel. but either way, vince carter is THE MAN, and if i was related to him, too, life would be okay. downside though: josh boone, eduardo najarea, brook lopez pretty much. but tonight, they were playing in boston, who most definitely needed a win. let me just say that the way they played last night was up to par. THE RAYRAY SMOOTHIE WAS BLENDIN RIGHT!...paul pierce was just about the best person ever. and, Big Baby looks like Binky Barnes from Arthur, and is "a plopper." but it was cute, you know, everyone from the boston bench got a chance to play and that was good--NICE CALL, DOC. final score: New Jersey 86, Boston 118... sorry vince. i miss you tony allen, come back.

in other news: d-baby scored 25 points in his game, and they actually beat the raptors in a final score of 102-98...thatssaboy!

one of my least favorite match-ups ever: Lakers and Spurs. that is actually one of the worst things that could be on television. c'mon now. you can't pick a side with these two--you're going to chose kobe bryant to win? no way. but then you'd have to be rooting for tim duncan...and that is just incredibly disgusting and very wrong. soooo, i wouldn't know what to do in this situation because i really hate them both. final score for kobe and tim: L.A. 111 S.A. 112. i'm sure these two were the last people to shoot on their team, and i hope that the ball bounced out of the basket to hit them in the face...both of them, and then flew over hit their little partners--pau gasol and tony parker.

percolating in the paint with exquisite timing...

boston celtics are straight up killin me.

it's not the fact that they have six losses right now--i know they can't win every game. but it's more so who they have been losing too. beginning with the lakers on christmas. then, GOLD STATE WARRIORS?! c'mon fellas, that's ridiculous. then we got a loss to the trailblazers. as much as i like them, whyyyy did they lose by ten points? and now, we have added another loss to the list by the freakin new york knicks. WHAT. THE. CRAP. people, really, you are better than the knicks. man, if i even saw mr. david lee layup another ball, or even just come up on the screen with that stupid chin dip, i was going to throw up. then they had sir two-toned head whose sweatband was really cutting off circulation to the dude's scalp. but for some reason this guy was like, on the money. but if i saw him score another three i was going to die. some dude was tryin to be like nelly foreal. got a band-aid on the eye and everything. duhon i think it was. i really don't know. that team is a mess, i don't know how they pulled this one off. especially because the advice of the coach, "If you play this game for 48 minutes with the same or more energy than them, we will win." what? really? do you also need to score more points or what, dummy?

on our side, rondo barely played i feel like. wassup with that one, doc. i mean, he's what's goin on. but instead, he puts Big Baby in for way too long. whatever, i really don't know what was going on with the green last night. rayray was off a bit in the second half anyway. paul did maaaad work in the second half. i wish that guy was my dad...i love him.

but i honestly don't even know what to say to recap this game. the game was close pretty much the entire time, and it was just kind of like a battle of three pointers, really. for some reason the new yorkers were smackin all kinds of shots and then boston would try to do the same instead of just doing fast layups or something like that. the other problem, i know, was that they were double and triple teaming kev, paul and rondo for sure. like, hop off, please. give the playas some space to breathe. good lord.

one good thing about watching this dumb game: WALT FRAZIER.he's the man and has the best phrases on earth including:
"stumbling and bumbling"
"running and stunning"
"out-muscling and out-hustling"
"slamming and jamming"
"driving and mesmerizing"
"all the Knicks with the knack tonight"
"continuity and spontaneity"
"...manipulating in the lane"
"...beginning to percolate"
"swiss cheese defense"
"erratic, dramatic, acrobatic"
"styling and profiling"
"posting and toasting"